Claim · #6493122
Ophiostoma ulmi · pathogen pressure · Ulmus americana
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the disease has killed the vast majority of yard, park, and street trees”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 35
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ophiostoma ulmi (and O. novo-ulmi) causing Dutch elm disease with catastrophic mortality in North American Ulmus americana is well-documented; source quote, organism type, affected tissues, and severity all align.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ophiostoma ulmi (and its aggressive sibling O. novo-ulmi) causing Dutch elm disease in Ulmus americana is well-established; xylem vessel occlusion, catastrophic North American mortality, and 'vast majority' loss are all textbook-accurate.”
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